Hip hop star Sean "Diddy" Combs has broken his silence three days after the death of his former partner Kim Porter, with whom he had three children.

Ms Porter, 47, was Mr Combs's partner for 13 years.

Emergency services were called to her home around noon last Thursday, according to TMZ, and her cause of death is still under investigation.

According to reports, she had recently been unwell and was prescribed antibiotics.

For the last three days I’ve been trying to wake up out of this nightmare. But I haven’t. I don’t know what I’m going to do without you baby. I miss you so much. Today I’m going to pay tribute to you, I’m going to try and find the words to explain our unexplainable relationship. pic.twitter.com/QtVnUrv0ep